As you begin preparing for fall festivities with family and friends, Thanksgiving may be top of mind. While it's only natural to dwell on what new Thanksgiving side dishes to add to the mix, we're here to remind you that Thanksgiving is about much more than just food. It's about togetherness and gratitude for each other.
With this in mind, we encourage you to fill your festivities with Thanksgiving games, Thanksgiving movies, and anything that will elicit laughter and cheer. As much as we love Thanksgiving memes and jokes, we're also suckers for a thought-provoking riddle. Ahead, you'll find dozens of Thanksgiving riddles for kids and folks of all ages to enjoy.
Thanksgiving Riddles for Kids and Families
- Why did the turkey cross the road?
Answer: To prove he wasn’t chicken.
- Why do pilgrims’ pants always fall down?
Answer: Because they wear their belt buckles on their hats.
- You see this festive event along the street on this very special day. From Felix to Mickey Mouse to Dora and Bugs Bunny, all of the people make way. What is it?
Answer: The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
- Where did the Pilgrims stand when they landed?
Answer: On their feet!
- I get roasted, but I am not coffee, and I share a name with a country. What am I?
Answer: A turkey.
- I am a number, but you can't count me, and at Thanksgiving, I'm dessert.
Answer: Pi (pie).
- What is Dracula’s all-time favorite holiday?
Answer: Fangsgiving.
- I’m a flower that doesn’t bloom, sounds like a month, and floats over water. What am I?
Answer: The Mayflower.
- The annual tradition each and every Thanksgiving Day is watching the great team sport the Lions and Cowboys play. What is it?
Answer: Football.
- I’m an orange squash that is baked in a pie. What am I?
Answer: A pumpkin.
- What did the farmer say to the green pumpkin in his garden?
Answer: Why orange you orange?
- What do you get when you cross a turkey with a ghost?
Answer: A poultry-geist.
- I have ears but I cannot hear, and I have flakes but no hair. What am I?
Answer: Corn.
- I am the smallest unit of measurement in the Pilgrim cookbook. What am I?
Answer: A pil-gram.
- Why did the Pilgrim decide to eat the candle?
Answer: Because he wanted a light snack.
- What’s the best thing to put into a pumpkin pie?
Answer: A fork.
- If a tur-key has a key, and a don-key also has a key, what would you expect a monkey to have?
Answer: A banana.
- I'm always on the Thanksgiving dinner table, but you don't get to eat me—what am I?
Answer: Plates and silverware!
- How do you make a turkey float?
Answer: You need two scoops of ice cream, some root beer, and a turkey.
- What smells the best every Thanksgiving dinner?
Answer: Your nose!
- What do thankful, grateful, and joyful all have in common?
Answer: They're all full!
- Who is never hungry on Thanksgiving?
Answer: The turkey, because it’s always stuffed.
- What has feathers and a beak but is dressed?
Answer: A Thanksgiving turkey.
- When does Christmas come before Thanksgiving?
Answer: In the dictionary.
- Why can’t you take a turkey to church?
Answer: Because of their fowl language.
- Why did Johnny get bad grades after Thanksgiving?
Answer: Because everything is marked down after the holidays!
- You reap what you sow because of this, remove the first three letters, and it becomes an object you can wear. What is it?
Answer: A harVEST.
- What is hard, oddly shaped, and brings you good fortune on Thanksgiving?
Answer: A wishbone.
- What did the turkey say to the computer?
Answer: Google, Google!
- If the Pilgrims were alive today, what would they be most famous for?
Answer: Their age.
- If roses are red and violets are blue, what is stuffed, brown, and blue?
Answer: A turkey holding its breath.
- I am soft but not a feather. My name might make you think I belong on the aisle where you find M&Ms and Skittles, but I don't. Still, that is be-side the point. What am I?
Answer: Candy yams.
- If it took three people four hours to roast a turkey, how many hours would it take four people to roast the same turkey?
Answer: None! The turkey is already cooked.
- If you are carving the turkey with an electric cutter, what kind of batteries does it need when it runs out of power?
Answer: None—because it runs on electricity.
Rebecca Ravee Norris is a full-time freelance writer with a decade's worth of lifestyle media experience. Based out of the Washington metropolitan area, she writes for a variety of publications, covering everything from beauty and wellness to style and celebrity news. She is a graduate of George Mason University. There, she earned her B.A. in Media: Production, Consumption, and Critique, along with a minor in Electronic Journalism. When she's not working, she can be found with her beloved Jack-Chi, Cash, adventuring with family and friends, working through reps at the gym, dreaming up her next home decor project, testing a new recipe, getting lost in the pages of a book, or catching up on her favorite shows.
